Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand · SOC 53-7062
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Salary in the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $45,500 per year ($21.88 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,560 at the 10th percentile to $59,930 at the 90th. BLS estimates 390 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in the Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area earn more than $45,500 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $42,360 and $49,290.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,560 | $42,360 | $45,500 | $49,290 | $59,930 |
| Hourly | $18.54 | $20.37 | $21.88 | $23.70 | $28.81 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$45,500 median for Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $42,360 to $49,290
- Massachusettsstate$44,920 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $38,920 to $49,190
- United Statesnational$40,240 median for United States; middle half earns $36,090 to $46,920
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs Massachusetts overall and +13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Massachusetts
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan areathis page$45,500 median for Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $42,360 to $49,290
- $46,860 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $43,780 to $51,440
- $45,600 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $39,780 to $49,840
- $44,080 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $37,960 to $49,560
- $43,010 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $38,200 to $46,910
- $41,710 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $36,520 to $48,000
- $39,450 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $37,670 to $45,890
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hands · Highest-paying occupations in Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.